I suspect much of the cost of the hardware and the media will be paying off the development of this DRM scheme and buying enough silicon to decrypt the data. Furthermore I suspect they'll try the price increase trick which was done with CDs... tapes and vinyl stayed the same cost, and for years CDs were 150% the price per album that people were used to paying.
All in all, are people really going to be willing to pay high prices for HD over DVD quality? There'll be some, but frankly I'm skeptical that it'll take off at all. If the new DRM scheme is successful, it'll be interesting to see the effect on sales. If people really do have to pay to get the content, wouldn't it be an embarrassment if the marlet decides that the crap hollywood is putting out simply isn't worth it? Could be the opening the indie film makers have been waiting for. They could buy up the "old" DVD fabrication plants for cheap and really get in on the game. The result might even be in improvement in quality of product for once.
For some reason the text doesn't render properly in kpdf under kubuntu. The offical Acrobat reader is so bloated, it's a pain to have to use it:(
But then why look at the real sky, when you can use Stellarium? The Stellarium User Guide contains a mini sky-guide for the Northern Hemisphere. Anyone in the South care to contribute one for your half of the night sky?
Whenever you start your computer will this guy get royalty payments? After all, Microsoft support the right of artists to profit from their work via their DRM infrastructure right? Maybe you'll have to buy pre-pay card with 10 boots on.
I wonder if you'll get a credit back when you see a RSOD?
I've noticed similar lack of consistency in windows security settings. At my old work we used XP pretty tightly screwed down - couldn't even right-click on taskbar programs to get the context menu (much to everyone's great annoyance).
Trying to view c:\ in explorer would pop up an error to the effect that it was not a permitted action. However, using command.com (cmd.exe was not allowed) it was posible to open c:\ using "start c:\".
Maybe it was just the implementation of the security policy that sucked - not something innatley windowsish, but it seemed pretty daft to me.
We also couldn't use Start->Run, but could create a new shortcut and enter in some arbritaty path to execute what we wanted (hence getting command.com). Not being able to do doze-key+R to run calc, notepad etc was a pain.
> DBA's do more than database administration these days. Maybe in very large shops they are restricted to strictly database administration but for me, its probably only 20% of my job.
At least 20 of the remaining 80% should be saying, "no" to anyone any everyone.
Also, if you cannot compile it, you will have trouble doing basic code auditing, like checking for buffer exploits. Sure, you can try to trace a million lines of code, but without those missing bits, it's a pretty fruitless exercise...
I wonder if the NDA will have a "No laughing" clause...;-)
Yes, but that's pretty old data, if there has been a month-on-month doubling of firefox use (as suggested above) then the graph could look quite different by now - it would be nice to see the IE line turned decisivley downward! You never know. But you're right about selection. I wanna see the new google figures!
This sort of thing could provide a convenient gateway to the private mobile neworks for worms and the like. I'm sure there are Russian "businessmen" rubbing their hands with glee at the thought. The screenshot is WinCE? [ROTFL] It's only a matter of time now.
This is the same principle as a swamp cooler.
Like a swamp cooler, it's only going to be useful in dry-air climates. When the humidity is high, evaporative cooling is reduced and eventually eliminated at 100% humidity.
But this is old news isn't it?
A place I used to work used a whole load of HP Vectra Desktops. We had a batch of 'em with a dodgy power regulation board (swappable board not much bigger than a DIMM). Your symptoms sound similar, but I doubt the omnibook is so modular and it could be difficult to source the part.
Seems to me the music industry is doing all it can manage to put people off buying their products. I don't know of many other industries that rely on such a small number of products and deliberatley break them so their customers don't have to go through the trouble of using them.
It's pretty surreal really.
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It's good to see some open codecs appearing/ reaching some level of maturity, though I'm not sure if we'll ever be free from fear of the IP clans in this area...
The main problem I see now is getting some media available exclusivley in these formats. I have to confess it's an awfully big incentive to use proprietary format players when the alternative is not to listen/watch at all.
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I suspect much of the cost of the hardware and the media will be paying off the development of this DRM scheme and buying enough silicon to decrypt the data. Furthermore I suspect they'll try the price increase trick which was done with CDs... tapes and vinyl stayed the same cost, and for years CDs were 150% the price per album that people were used to paying.
All in all, are people really going to be willing to pay high prices for HD over DVD quality? There'll be some, but frankly I'm skeptical that it'll take off at all. If the new DRM scheme is successful, it'll be interesting to see the effect on sales. If people really do have to pay to get the content, wouldn't it be an embarrassment if the marlet decides that the crap hollywood is putting out simply isn't worth it? Could be the opening the indie film makers have been waiting for. They could buy up the "old" DVD fabrication plants for cheap and really get in on the game. The result might even be in improvement in quality of product for once.
I wonder what implications the terms of using gmail have for your code... Maybe Google own it now?
Quit flogging this dead horse, software patents are much more important.
For some reason the text doesn't render properly in kpdf under kubuntu. The offical Acrobat reader is so bloated, it's a pain to have to use it :(
But then why look at the real sky, when you can use Stellarium? The Stellarium User Guide contains a mini sky-guide for the Northern Hemisphere. Anyone in the South care to contribute one for your half of the night sky?
Whenever you start your computer will this guy get royalty payments? After all, Microsoft support the right of artists to profit from their work via their DRM infrastructure right? Maybe you'll have to buy pre-pay card with 10 boots on. I wonder if you'll get a credit back when you see a RSOD?
There is likely to be some bias due to self-selection - site owners who run on Linux/Apache are less likely to go and add themselves to MSN search.
I've noticed similar lack of consistency in windows security settings. At my old work we used XP pretty tightly screwed down - couldn't even right-click on taskbar programs to get the context menu (much to everyone's great annoyance).
Trying to view c:\ in explorer would pop up an error to the effect that it was not a permitted action. However, using command.com (cmd.exe was not allowed) it was posible to open c:\ using "start c:\".
Maybe it was just the implementation of the security policy that sucked - not something innatley windowsish, but it seemed pretty daft to me.
We also couldn't use Start->Run, but could create a new shortcut and enter in some arbritaty path to execute what we wanted (hence getting command.com). Not being able to do doze-key+R to run calc, notepad etc was a pain.
All too frequently in spite of evidence to the contrary.
OK then, "larking pot" ;)
That's what they thought about the Nuclear power station networks that had to fail over to old analogue systems because of a windows worm...
IIRC there was some something to do with a contractor who left their connection to the private network open to abuse from the outside.
P.S. When is Bush going to learn how to say "nuclear" properly? I bet he says "par cark" too.
Don't worry about it. If your bank details get leaked and all your money stolen, your identity assumed by terrorist and your whole life ruined...
You can always claim $5 from Microsoft.
Wow, it's almost worth it!
It's easy for all you Linux admins who cost so much to scoff at 5 bucks, but for the average windows professional, it's a lot of money!
What more can we expect from such a switcher - they turned to the dark side between 2000 and 2002 by the looks of it.
> DBA's do more than database administration these days. Maybe in very large shops they are restricted to strictly database administration but for me, its probably only 20% of my job.
At least 20 of the remaining 80% should be saying, "no" to anyone any everyone.
/* silly thing is, we don't even use this */
Don't we so quick to dismiss theft, acquisition and intimidation.
Also, if you cannot compile it, you will have trouble doing basic code auditing, like checking for buffer exploits. Sure, you can try to trace a million lines of code, but without those missing bits, it's a pretty fruitless exercise... ;-)
I wonder if the NDA will have a "No laughing" clause...
I vote that the Principality of Sealand gets a look!
Yes, but that's pretty old data, if there has been a month-on-month doubling of firefox use (as suggested above) then the graph could look quite different by now - it would be nice to see the IE line turned decisivley downward! You never know. But you're right about selection. I wanna see the new google figures!
Similarly, my sig... :)
This sort of thing could provide a convenient gateway to the private mobile neworks for worms and the like. I'm sure there are Russian "businessmen" rubbing their hands with glee at the thought. The screenshot is WinCE? [ROTFL] It's only a matter of time now.
This is the same principle as a swamp cooler. Like a swamp cooler, it's only going to be useful in dry-air climates. When the humidity is high, evaporative cooling is reduced and eventually eliminated at 100% humidity. But this is old news isn't it?
A place I used to work used a whole load of HP Vectra Desktops. We had a batch of 'em with a dodgy power regulation board (swappable board not much bigger than a DIMM). Your symptoms sound similar, but I doubt the omnibook is so modular and it could be difficult to source the part.
Seems to me the music industry is doing all it can manage to put people off buying their products. I don't know of many other industries that rely on such a small number of products and deliberatley break them so their customers don't have to go through the trouble of using them. It's pretty surreal really. -- Matthew An Empty List is a Sorted List
The main problem I see now is getting some media available exclusivley in these formats. I have to confess it's an awfully big incentive to use proprietary format players when the alternative is not to listen/watch at all.